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  • Amicus Brief — Hodel v. Indiana

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Brief · 1981

    I, Section 8 (Commerce Clause) ...... i, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 Be IN ois 5s ve 6 cnen scawsenstcne es 3 Tenth AmbenGment oo .6. ccc cesesiee i, 3, 7, 11, 12, 18 STaTUTES: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.A … For example: there are many similari- ties in legislative methods between Title V of the Act and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 7401, et seg. (Supp. 1980).

    452 U.S. 314
  • Motion for divided argument — Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Motion for divided argument · Mar 19, 2025

    In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstated a waiver that EPA had granted to California in 2013 under Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7543(b), to allow California to enforce … Section 209(b) directs EPA to waive federal preemption under the Clean Air Act of California emissions standards under specified circumstances.

  • Opposition Brief — California Trout, et al., Petitioners v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Opposition Brief · Oct 28, 2019

    Petitioners relatedly contend (Pet. 24-26) that by enforcing the statute’s one-year waiver period, the court of appeals’ decision leaves States unable to fulfill their role under the Clean Water Act. … EPA therefore solicited comments on “whether there is any legal basis to allow a federal agency to extend the reasonable period of time beyond one year from receipt.” Ibid.

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Philadelphia Housing Authority Authority v. McDowdell (No. 05-866)

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · 2005

    Step 5: Clean Up the Consumption Data and Check the Statistical Validity of the Sample As we correlated the gas bills with the list of scattered-site addresses, we also cleaned up the data. … The “mz amd comment period required by regulations of the United 62a therefore proposed that it would recalculate gas utility allowances for PHA scattered-site residents for the entire period since

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Tennessee Clean Water Network, et al., Petitioners v. Tennessee Valley Authority

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · Apr 15, 2019

    Coal ash and its constituents fall under the Clean Water Act definition of “pollutants.” … Tenn. 2001) (holding that citizens could not collaterally challenge terms of Clean Air Act permit).

  • Respondents Brief — City of Rockingham, North Carolina, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Respondents Brief · Jan 10, 2018

    The Order also reflected the terms of a state water quality certification that, per the Clean Water Act, must precede the issuance of any license. … Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, FERC may not issue a license until the State where the project is located issues a water quality certification (or waives certification); and any conditions in

  • Opposition Brief — Appalachian Power Co. v. Whitman

    Supreme Court brief · Opposition Brief · 2001

    Circuit’s longstanding construction of § 109(b) of the Clean Air Act. … Circuit Court of Appeals holding that “the [Clean Air Act] and its legislative history make clear that economic consider- ations play no part in the promulgation of ambient air quality standards under

    532 U.S. 903
  • Opposition Brief — Agrashell, Inc. v. Hammons Products Co.

    Supreme Court brief · Opposition Brief · 1973

    The Perry patent covered ‘‘pelletized nutshells . . . with the hardness of black walnut shells” ‘‘for use in air blasts for cleaning metal’’ (IV App. 3); the exclusive-dealing commit- ments secured … See RESTATEMENT - ees eT eeeee PINAR TRO SE I de 14 (2d) or AcENoy, §14J, Comment b(6) and (7). See also United States v.

    414 U.S. 1022
  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Joan V. Bayley, et al., Petitioners v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · Dec 1, 2025

    et seq.], or the Clean Air Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.], or (2) established by the Federal Government or by any state or local government pursuant to such Acts. … This is a civil action commenced under Clean Water Act (“CWA” or “the Act”) Section 309(b) and (d), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(b) and (d).

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Daniel Beckwitt, Petitioner v. Maryland

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · Aug 22, 2022

    (Cleaned up). … (Cleaned up).

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Jeffrey G. Carswell, et al., Petitioners v. E. Pihl & Sons, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · Nov 2, 2021

    of a US B-52 and its four thermo- nuclear bombs on fjord sea- ice, in the proximity of a remote US Arctic Circle Air Force Base at Thule, Greenland. … Russo, estimated their very large “sporadic” left kidney tumors, (i.e., due to an external event), would have taken 30 to 40 years to develop, placing the event approximately within the “clean- up” period

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Yeager v. Camp

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · 1993

    during a three year period, an Atlanta-based news- letter reported Monday. … during a three year period, an Atlanta based newslet- ter reported Monday.

    506 U.S. 1049
  • Appendix — National Wood Preservers, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources

    Supreme Court brief · Appendix · 1980

    Statutes Involved 1970 Amendments, Sec- tion 316 of Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, and Section 602 of Clean Streams Law, Act of June 22, 1937 P.L. 1987 as amended 35 Pa. Stat. … This is illustrated by the comments of Rep. Wilt contained in I Pa.

    449 U.S. 803
  • Brief on Behalf of Respondent, St Louis San Francisco Railway Co — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard

    Supreme Court brief · Brief on Behalf of Respondent, St Louis San Francisco Railway Co · 1952

    S “4 —~ ata RAE For this period of more than 40 years train. porters, in . … to. keep the coaches clean in transit and assist the passen- gers off and on trains (R. 984). - | es Cd Seskemun ‘serving as head-end brakemen | on” passenger trains, are not required to clean the

    343 U.S. 768
  • Appendix — Tivian Laboratories, Inc. v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Appendix · 1979

    This request was made pursuant to authority granted EPA by Section 308 of the FWPCA and Section 114 of the Clean A-26 Air Act. 7. Marvin S. … Defendant has thereby violated Section 308(a) of the FWPCA, 33 U.S.C. 8s1318(a), and Section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ssl1857c-9(a), On every day since November 7, 1975.

    442 U.S. 942
  • Respondents Brief — Nat'l Ass'n of Mfrs. v. Dep't of Def., 137 S. Ct. 811 (2017) (No. 16-299)

    Supreme Court brief · Respondents Brief · 2017

    Reg. 37,054 REE NEE AL SS SEE 4,13 Miscellaneous EPA, Clean Water Rule Response to Comments, available at https://www.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule/ response-comments-clean-water-rule- definition-waters-united-states … “Whether initial 4 The agencies’ Response to Comments is available at https://www.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule/response-comments-clean- water-rule-definition-waters-united-states. 14 subject-matter jurisdiction

  • Reply Brief — Util. Air Regulatory Grp. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 135 S. Ct. 702 (2014) (No. 14-47)

    Supreme Court brief · Reply Brief · 2014

    It merely observes that in cases examining ambiguous sections of the Clean Air Act, the Court has refused to read in “an authorization to consider costs that has elsewhere, and so often, been expressly … EPA’s attempt to analogize § 7412(n){1)(A) to other sections of the Clean Air Act suffers from the same flaw: they are not comparable.

  • Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Allen R. Blair, Petitioner v. Yum Brands, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Petition for Writ of Certiorari · Oct 17, 2017

    Blair would take orders; at other times, he would prepare food or clean. Id. at 62. … Liquid Air Corp., 37 F.3d 1069, 1075 (5th Cir. 1994) (en banc).

  • Appendix — National Ass'n v. Defenders of Wildlife

    Supreme Court brief · Appendix · 2007

    Petitioners sued, claiming that the rules were promulgated in violation of NEPA and the Clean Air Act. Id. The Supreme Court rejected petitioners’ arguments. … During the 30-day public comment period, the Services may submit comments on EPA’s determination.

    551 U.S. 644
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Department of the Air Force, et al., Petitioners v. Prutehi Guahan, fka Prutehi Litekyan

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jul 27, 2026

    Dep’t of the Air Force, 128 F. 4th 1089 (9th Cir. 2025), cert. granted sub nom. Dep’t of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan, 146 S. … Beginning in 1987, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the EPA worked with Washington State to start cleaning up the Hanford Site.

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